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Condemning   /kəndˈɛmɪŋ/   Listen
Condemning

adjective
1.
Containing or imposing condemnation or censure.  Synonym: condemnatory.


Condemn

verb
(past & past part. condemned; pres. part. condemning)
1.
Express strong disapproval of.  Synonyms: decry, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate.  "These ideas were reprobated"
2.
Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation.
3.
Compel or force into a particular state or activity.
4.
Demonstrate the guilt of (someone).
5.
Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.  Synonyms: doom, sentence.
6.
Appropriate (property) for public use.



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"Condemning" Quotes from Famous Books



... I am not condemning the physical alleviation of pain or the progress of physical science. I am only describing a trend, and that is the growing emphasis on the elimination of fears by science rather than on their conquest by ...
— The Conquest of Fear • Basil King
... her father in honor of the members of the Congress of Vienna, she concealed herself near an opening made in the attic of the great hall of the palace,—where the festivities of her wedding had been celebrated,—and from there the wife of the prisoner of Elba watched the men dancing who were condemning her to widowhood even in the lifetime of ...
— The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise • Imbert De Saint-Amand
... of Divorce. Restor'd to the good of both Sexes, from the bondage of Canon Law, and other mistakes, to the true meaning of Scripture in the Law and Gospel compar'd. Wherein are set down the bad consequences of abolishing or condemning of Sin, that which the Law of God allowes, and Christ abolisht not. Now the second time revis'd and much augmented. In Two Books: to the Parliament of England with the Assembly. The Author J.M." Underneath this title, the text Matth xiii. 52 is repeated ...
— The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 • David Masson
... only civilized, but humane, gentle, condescending, and charitable, he merits great praise, for he has achieved great labour—he has conquered great difficulty; the very angels in heaven rejoice over him; and this child, this blushing, trembling, self-condemning, but self-corrected child, has done this. Look up, my dear Matilda! let who will sneer at you, I am proud of you; and there is not one person present who would not honour themselves, if they could secure your friendship. I was the first to correct you, ...
— The Barbadoes Girl - A Tale for Young People • Mrs. Hofland
... technique—fundamental canons that must be observed in the successful pursuit of the art; but at a certain point difference of opinion is not only possible but profitable. The critics who would unite in condemning a thirteen-line sonnet or a ten-act tragedy could not be expected to agree on the relative merits of Milton's and Wordsworth's sonnets. Unanimity of opinion is as impossible and undesirable concerning the ...
— Early Reviews of English Poets • John Louis Haney


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